HB476 Summary

• Expands bail jumping in the second degree to include Class D felonies, in addition to existing misdemeanor and Class C felony charges.

• Provides automatic exoneration of sureties if they arrest and deliver a defendant to authorized jail following entry of a conditional forfeiture, eliminating the requirement to prove good cause for the defendant's failure to appear.

• Requires courts to issue conditional forfeiture and show cause orders within 90 days of a defendant's failure to appear in court.

• Adds two new grounds for setting aside conditional forfeitures: when a jail refuses to accept a defendant after surety delivery, and when governing authorities decline to enter a felony defendant into the National Crime Information Center database or decline to proceed with extradition.

• Takes effect October 1, 2024.